Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but University of Florida scientists are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight the disease.
Scientists have developed a plant they’re calling NuCitrus. It’s based on a protein called Arabidopsis NPR1. This new citrus shows strong tolerance to citrus greening, but not resistance.
Tolerance means plants can be infected by the pathogen but show no symptoms or only mild symptoms, which do not affect yield or quality. Resistance means that the plant can barely be infected.
Read more about A Protein Can Help Make Some Citrus More Tolerant to the Deadly Citrus Greening Disease — and It’s Safe.
